Friday LinkFrogging – 7/2/10

God Bless America! Welcome to July dear readers.   Its time once again for fireworks, family and competitive eating.   And speaking of eating, how about a slice of cheesecake.   Say hello to Jessica Simpson and her patriotic bikini won't you?    Jess became our cheesecake this week by process of elimination.     I couldn't stomach the idea of using …

iPod First Anniversary #17

Buju Banton w/Rancid: 'Misty Days' KEY LYRIC: None Year: 1998 NOTES: One of three songs recorded with Rancid in 1998, another of which became the title track to their 'Life Won't Wait' album. Banton's militant homophobia prevents me from going on at much additional length. Banton has, however, been in jail since Dec. 10 after getting …

The Greatest Music of the ’90s

Now that even the tail end of the decade is almost 10 years ago, I decided it was time to weigh in on this very important topic.  Important?, you ask. Why yes. Because at least one version of mainstream rock musical history goes like this: the Dinosaurs, Punk, 4 days of Power Pop, Hair Metal …